S. H. Shoveller Is Perhaps The Greatest Individualist The...
field has ever seen. His book, however, follows very closely the convention of the average athletic text-book, whether the subject chosen be football, cricket, racquets or lawn......
Other Novels.
THE LADY FROM THE AIR. By C. and M. Williams. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—The " properties " in this story—it cannot be truly said that there are any characters—may be......
Alas, That Spring-- I By Elinor Mordaunt• (hutchinson....
net.)—Punctuation is a great betrayer. A prodigality in commas has been compared to a too frequent smile in conversation. It loses its significance and tends merely to irritate.......
• The Unspeakable Gentleman. By J. P. Marquand. (hodder And
Stoughton. 7s. 6d. net.)—The same kind of glamour which always attaches to the typical highway- man of fiction surrounds this portrait of an American trader, self-outlawed on......
Bibliography Of English Language And Liter- Ature. Edited...
C. Paues. (Bowes. 4s. 6d.) This bibliography has been compiled by Miss Paues for the Modern Humanities Research Association. It contains over two thousand entries of books,......
The Treasure Of Golden Cap. By Bennett Copplestone. (john...
7s. 6d. net.)—With its talk of Dorset and Devon, of Grenvilles and Carews, of sca-rovers and privateers, The Treasure of Golden Cap stretches long arms back to the days when......
Some Books Of The Week.
( Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) THE SOCIAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY. By Maurice William. (G. Allen and Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.) Mr.......
Gentleman Bill : A Boxing Story. By Philip Mac- Donald.
(Herbert Jenkins. 2s. ad.) A race, a fight, or a game of poker are not literature, but we enjoy them. Gentleman Bill is in the same category. It produces no aesthetic emotions,......
This Is The Second Narrative Of The Prince's Imperial Tours
to be published by Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton ; it concerns his recent visit to the Far East, and is a very interezting record, written with restraint and vividness by Sir......
Difficulties. By Seymour Hicks. (duckworth. 10s. 6(1.)
It would be easy to poke fun at Mr. Seymour Hicks's naive i aIve little guide to youth by quoting sonic of his crude philoso- phizing on religion, art, morals, and human life in......
Science And Human Affairs. By Winterton C. Curtis. (bell And
Sons. 15s. net.) Dr. Curtis is Professor of Zoology in the University of Missouri, and he devotes what might seem a disproportionate amount of space in this book to cytology and......
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